Railway-torpedo.



Y'. B. SNYDER.

RALWAY TOBPBDO. APPLICATION ULEB 11111517.1910.

@ai @gg Patented July 1914.

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CLARA IB, SNYDER, lOF FGSTORIA, OHIO. ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN FOG SIGNAL COMPANY, OF PITTSBURGH,YPENNSYLVANXA.

RAILWAY-TORIEDO.

Specification of Letters Yatent.

Patented July 7, italia.

Application filed June 17, 1910. Serial No, ute.

To all wimmc' muy concern.:

lie ity known thaty il, CLARA R. SNrmnz, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Fostoria, in the county of Hancock and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway Torpedoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in railway signal torpedoes the objectl of 'which is to provide a torpedo composed of a double fiber case of an improved construction, which will be pointed out` hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is an inverted plan view of my improved torpedo. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken atrightJ angles to the rail engaging strap. Fig. 4 is a sectional View taken longitudinal the rail engaging strap.

My improved torpedo comprises an inner explosive containing case 1 which consists of telescoped cup shaped members in which the explosive compound is placed as shown in Figs. il and Ll, and an outer inclosing case 2.. The outer inclosing case 2 is made from a section ot a tube.l Both eases are coinposed of a fibrous material, such for instance as paper. After the explosive compound is placed within the inner case 1 and the two parts thereof arranged in telescope relation, the ease is externally waterproofed with any suitable waterproof compound. This explosive containing case is then placed within the outer case 2 by passing it through one of its open ends, and the ends of the tubular outer case 2 are doubled over as shown in Fig. if. and fastened by suitable stal` les 5. Both ends of the tube may be left o en at the time the inner ease is placed therin,^or one end oi the tube closed and thet inner case passed through the open end of the tube at'ter which that. end ot' the tube is closed in the manner described. The rail engaging strap t of' lead or other pliable metal is secured to the outer sidev of the tubular case L), preferably by means of two ot the staples 5 which also serve to secure the doubled ends of the tube 2.

By reference to the drawings itI will bel observed thatI the completed torpedo is of rectangular shape in plan, and by reasonqof the inner case l being of less area than the outer case, thc outer tubular case has flexible ends which will be caught and clamped by the wheels of the locomotive before the inner filled case is reached by the wheel. These projecting ends being unfilled or vacant, the loeon'iotive wheels do not'strike a solid por tion ot' the torpedo, and this avoids the well known tendency ot torpedoes with solid abrupt walls to be pushed, slid, or popped from under the wheel and thrown from the track' without being exploded.

lt desired, the completed torpedo may be immersed in a waterproof compound.

lVhile the drawings show the lead attaching strap above the torpedo, it will be understood that the torpedo can be reversed on the rail with the lead strap resting fiat thereon without departing from the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

Lin, railway signal torpedo comprising an ihner case and an outer inclosing case,

the hnds of t-he outer caseprojecting considerably beyond the inner case, and a railengaging means attached to the said extending ends of 'the o-utervcase.

2.',A railway signal torpedo comprising an ihner case composed of fibrous material, an duter inclosing case composed of flexible tibrous material, the ends of the outer case projecting considerably beyond the' inner case, and a rail-engaging means eX- tending across the extended ends of the outer ease, and means for closing the eX tended end of the outer case, and simultaneously securing the rail-engaging means thereto.

3. A. railway signal torpedo comprising an inner case, composed of fibrous tnaterial,

an outer inclosing ease composed otlexible fibrous material, the ends of the outer case projecting considerably beyond the inner case, a rail-engaging strap extending across the project-ing ends of the outer case, and means passing through the projecting ends otl the outer case and through the railengaging stir-ap, whereby the extended end .of the outer case is closed, and the railengaging strap simultaneously secured thereto.

4. A railway signal torpedo comprising an inner case composed or tibrous material, a explosive compound within the said inner ease, an outer inclosing case composed of flexible fibrous material, the ends of the outer case projecting considerably beyond the inner oase, and terminating in abutting y edges, the said abutting edges doubled, a

mibengagng strap -pasmg across said dou` bled ends of the outer oase, and means passing through the doubled edges of the outer` case, and the rail-engaging strap, whereby the doubled end of the outer case is securely closed ami the ra1-engagng strap simultaneouslyettached thereto.

5. A railway torpedoz comprlsing en nclosing case, an exploslve mlxture Within 1";

the inclosing case the ends of saidjseee projecting considerably beyonx the explosive mixture and a rail-engaging means attached to the said extending endsof the cese.

The foregoing specification signed et Fos toria, Ohio, this 9th day of June, 1914).

CLARA B. SNYDER.

In presence of- E. E. MILLER,

GEO. H. SPARKS. 

